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Dolabrosaurus

Description

Dolabrosaurus is a genus of extinct reptile and a member of the family Drepanosauridae. Fossils of Dolabrosaurus have been found in the Chinle Formation of New Mexico.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4818136https://www.gbif.org/species/4818136
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)162283https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=162283
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Drepanosauridae : Dolabrosaurus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-DrepanosauromorphaRenesto et al. 2010
familyDrepanosauridaeBerman and Reisz 1992
genusDolabrosaurusBerman & Reisz 1992
Scientific NameDolabrosaurus Berman & Reisz, 1992
Name Published InJournal of Paleontology 66 (6), November:
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Dolabrosaurusgenusbelongs to Drepanosauridaestated with evidenceBerman and Reisz, 1992
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance228 - 209 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Last Recorded Appearance228 - 209 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Diapsida)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)D. S. Berman and R. R. Reisz. 1992. Dolabrosaurus aquatilis, a small lepidosauromorph reptile from the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation of north-central New Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 66(6):1001-1009
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolabrosaurus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Dolabrosaurus aquatilis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1992Dolabrosaurus Berman and Reisz p. 1001
2004Dolabrosaurus Senter p. 260
2010Dolabrosaurus Renesto et al. p. 59

References

Berman D. S., Reisz R. R. (1992) Dolabrosaurus aquatilis, a small lepidosauromorph reptile from the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation of north-central New Mexico, Journal of Paleontology 66 6, 1001-1009
Senter P. (2004) Phylogeny of Drepanosauridae (Reptilia: Diapsida), Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 2 3, 257-268 doi:10.1017/S1477201904001427
Renesto S., Spielmann J. A., et al (2010) The taxonomy and paleobiology of the Late Triassic (Carnian-Norian: Adamanian-Apachean) drepanosaurs (Diapsida: Archosauromorpha: Drepanosauromorpha), New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Bulletin 46, 1-81
NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Journal of Paleontology 66 (6), November: - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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